"that of Nichols when he previously acted with Elaine May in the comedy team of Nichols and May. ""Just close your eyes and you'll hear a Mike Nichols—Elaine May routine in any number of scenes."" Buck Henry also noticed that ""Dustin picked up all these Nichols habits, which he used in the character. Those little noises he makes are straight from Mike,"" he says. After completing ""The Graduate,"" Hoffman turned down most of the film roles offered to him, preferring to go back to New York and continue performing in live theater. He returned to Broadway to appear in the"
"film was ""The Graduate"" in 1967, starring then unknown actor Dustin Hoffman, alongside Anne Bancroft and Katharine Ross. The film was another critical and financial success, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1967 and receiving seven Academy Award nominations, winning Nichols the Academy Award for Best Director. Among the other films he directed were ""Catch-22"" (1970), ""Carnal Knowledge"" (1971), ""Silkwood"" (1983), ""Working Girl"" (1988), ""Wolf"" (1994), ""The Birdcage"" (1996), ""Closer"" (2004), and ""Charlie Wilson's War"" (2007). Along with an Academy Award, Nichols won a Grammy Award (the first for a comedian born outside the United States), four Emmy Awards and nine"
"film was ""The Graduate"" (1967), starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft and Katharine Ross. It became the highest-grossing film of 1967 and one of the biggest grossing films in history up to that date. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, with Nichols winning as Best Director. In 2007, it was ranked #17 in ""AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)"". However, getting the film made was difficult for Nichols, who, while noted for being a successful Broadway director, was still an unknown in Hollywood. Producer Lawrence Turman, who wanted only Nichols to direct it, was continually"
"consensus reads, ""The music, the performances, the precision in capturing the post-college malaise—""The Graduate""s coming-of-age story is indeed one for the ages."" On the similar website Metacritic, the film holds a score of 77 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating ""generally favorable reviews"". The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture (Lawrence Turman), Best Actor (Dustin Hoffman), Best Actress (Anne Bancroft), Best Supporting Actress (Katharine Ross), Best Adapted Screenplay (Buck Henry and Calder Willingham), and Best Cinematography (Robert L. Surtees). Mike Nichols won the Academy Award for Best Director. The film also received Golden Globe Award nominations"
"he said. ""The Burtons were quite intimidating, and we needed a genius like Mike Nichols to combat them."" Biographer Kitty Kelley says that neither Taylor nor Burton would ever again reach the heights of acting performance they did in that film. The same style of directing was used for ""The Graduate"", where, notes film historian Peter Biskind, Nichols took Dustin Hoffman, with no movie acting experience, along with Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross and others, and managed to get some of their finest acting on screen. This ability to work closely with actors would remain consistent throughout his career. Hoffman credits"
"""I’d like to hear this or I’d like to hear that, or… there’s not enough of this or there’s too much of that"". When finished, Ron played it for Shel, known as the writer of ""A Boy Named Sue,"" which Johnny Cash parlayed into a hit, he was so impressed that he told Ron about a couple of films that he was writing the soundtrack for and that he needed someone to produce the music. Haffkine became the musical director for free for the Herb Gardner movie ""Who is Harry Kellerman"" which Dustin Hoffman, the star of The Graduate, Midnight"
"creation of the robot. Well, Steve, he's a lovely guy, and I think he's talented... He had a wonderful kind of charisma. Very easy, but utterly social. He's just so very engaging and open with people. He's wonderful to be on a movie with... [But] he does not bring onscreen with him the problem that the character in that movie has... The perfect person for the role, 20 years earlier, would have been Dustin Hoffman. That thing that Dustin brought to ""The Graduate"" that a more affable actor would not have... A sense of utter alienation from everything around him."""
"Kevin Tighe filmography Kevin Tighe (b. Jon Kevin Fishburn; August 13, 1944) is an American actor who has worked in television, film, and theatre since the late 1960s. He attended University of Southern California where he earned a Master of Fine Arts in acting. Tighe earned a role in ""The Graduate"" starring Dustin Hoffman and then served in the U.S. Army. Following his military service, he returned to acting, working under contract for Paramount Pictures. In 1971 he signed a contract with Universal Studios and got the part of Fireman Roy DeSoto on the NBC series ""Emergency!"" (1972–77). He has"
"Dustin Hoffman Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor and director. Hoffman is best known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and emotionally vulnerable characters. He is the recipient of various accolades including two Academy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards (including the Cecil B. DeMille Award), four BAFTAs, three Drama Desk Awards, two Emmy Awards, and a Genie Award. Hoffman received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1999 and the Kennedy Center Honors Award in 2012. Hoffman first drew critical praise for starring in the play, ""Eh?"", for which he won a Theatre World Award and"
"born in Los Angeles, California. His father is the actor Brian Avery, perhaps best known for playing Carl Smith (who Dustin Hoffman famously keeps from marrying Katharine Ross) in ""The Graduate"". Avery and Dave Navarro met as classmates at St. Paul the Apostle Grammar School in West Los Angeles, a Catholic parochial school founded by the Paulist Father. Eric went on to St. Monica High School of Santa Monica, California, and Dave Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California. Dave was classmates at Notre Dame with Stephen Perkins. Stephen met Eric's sister, Rebecca Avery, and they dated. Rebecca suggested"
"by actor Dustin Hoffman) attends an exclusive seminar at Columbia University. During the seminar, his irritable professor, played by Fritz Weaver, quotes the line ""Let us hush this cry of 'Forward' till ten thousand years have gone"" from ""Locksley Hall Sixty Years After"" and then asks if anyone recognises it. Hoffman's character is the only one who does (he writes down the title in his notes) but does not reveal this to the class. The professor calls him out on this after dismissing the other students. In the television programme """", the dedication plaque of the ""USS. Voyager"" quotes from"
"can find role models in other people, including her father Homer. Meanwhile, Bart runs for class president against Martin. Jon Vitti wrote the episode and Rich Moore directed it. It is the first episode of the show to have the opening sequence start at the driveway scene. Dustin Hoffman—using the pseudonym Sam Etic—guest-starred in it as Mr. Bergstrom, who was modeled on the physical appearance of Mike Reiss, a longtime writer and producer on the show. The episode features cultural references to Mike Nichols's film ""The Graduate"", which starred Hoffman, and the novel ""Charlotte's Web"" by E. B. White. Since"
"Doheny Library The Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library is a library located in the center of campus at the University of Southern California (USC). After the tragic shooting of his son, the Irish American oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny donated $1.1 million in 1932 to USC to build the Doheny Library. It was designed by architect Ralph Adams Cram. The gardens were designed by A.E. Hanson (1893-1986). The Doheny Library was used as a filming location for Mike Nichols' 1967 film ""The Graduate"", for the sequence in which Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) waits by the fountain for Elaine Robinson"
"as a ""guest appearance"" in ""Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine"". He was strongly considered for the lead of ""The Graduate"" by Mike Nichols before he chose Dustin Hoffman and his agent turned down a cameo to play Katharine Ross's groom in the film His other film roles include the Disney musical ""The Happiest Millionaire"", ""The Proud and the Damned"" and a cameo in the slasher film ""Silent Night, Deadly Night"". He also made guest appearances on TV series such as ""The Beverly Hillbillies"", Family Affair"", and Get Smart"" before moving to San Francisco in the early 1970s and launching"
"a button, still cute as Benjamin in ""The Graduate"", and I’m still kind of lost and still very much in need of your love."" Roger Ebert of the ""Chicago Sun-Times"" called the film a ""tremendously appealing love story surrounded by a movie not worthy of it. For Dustin Hoffman . . . it provides a rare chance to play ... an ordinary guy. For Emma Thompson, there is an opportunity to use her gifts for tact and insecurity . . . When ""Last Chance Harvey"" gets out of their way and leaves them alone to relate with each other, it's"
"""' Richard Attenborough - ""Doctor Dolittle"" ""' Carol Channing - ""Thoroughly Modern Millie"" Dustin Hoffman - ""The Graduate"" Katharine Ross - ""The Graduate"" Paul Newman Julie Andrews ""' Martin Landau – """" ""' Carol Burnett – ""The Carol Burnett Show"" 25th Golden Globe Awards The 25th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best achievements in 1967, were held on 12 February 1968. ""' Rod Steiger - ""In the Heat of the Night"" ""' Richard Harris - ""Camelot"" ""' Edith Evans - ""The Whisperers"" ""' Anne Bancroft - ""The Graduate"" ""' Mike Nichols - ""The Graduate"" ""' ""In the Heat of the"
"John Lavelle (actor) Johnny ""John"" Lavelle (born November 23, 1981) is an American stage, film, and television actor who is perhaps best known for his role as Benjamin Braddock in John Reid's 2002 Broadway adaptation of ""The Graduate"", where he starred opposite Lorraine Bracco. The Brooklyn native graduated from Monsignor Farrell High School in Staten Island, New York in 1999. A member of the drama club there, he starred as Danny Zuko in ""Grease"", Will Parker in ""Oklahoma!"", and Bobby Van Heusen in ""The Boy Friend"". At Monsignor Farrell, Lavelle also became the first anchor of their student-run television station,"
"directed ""Hooray! It's a Glorious Day...and All That"", a Broadway play, and directed ""Lovers and Other Strangers"" and ""Thieves"", also on Broadway. He also directed Simon and Garfunkel's television special ""Songs of America"" in 1969. However, he turned down the part of Benjamin Braddock in ""The Graduate"" because of the low salary offered by producer Lawrence Turman, although Turman assured him that the part would make him a star, as it ultimately did for Dustin Hoffman. After a supporting role in the 1970 comedy film ""Catch-22"", Grodin gained recognition as a comedy actor when he played the lead role in"
"1955, Duvall began studies at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City, under Sanford Meisner, on the G.I. Bill. During his two years there, Dustin Hoffman, Gene Hackman, and James Caan were among his classmates. While studying acting, he worked as a Manhattan post office clerk. Duvall remains friends today with fellow California-born actors Hoffman and Hackman, who he knew during their years as struggling actors. In 1955, Duvall roomed with Hoffman in a New York City apartment while they were studying together at the Playhouse. Around this time, he also roomed with Hackman, while working"
"(Katharine Ross), who exits the library's main door. Doheny Library The Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library is a library located in the center of campus at the University of Southern California (USC). After the tragic shooting of his son, the Irish American oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny donated $1.1 million in 1932 to USC to build the Doheny Library. It was designed by architect Ralph Adams Cram. The gardens were designed by A.E. Hanson (1893-1986). The Doheny Library was used as a filming location for Mike Nichols' 1967 film ""The Graduate"", for the sequence in which Benjamin Braddock (Dustin"
"for a production of ""The Magnificent Yankee"" for the Hallmark Hall of Fame. William Daniels William David Daniels (born March 31, 1927) is an American actor, known for his roles as Dr. Mark Craig in the NBC drama ""St. Elsewhere"", for which he won two Emmy Awards, and as Mr. Feeny in the ABC sitcom ""Boy Meets World"". He was president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1999 to 2001. He is also associated with his performances as the father of Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) in ""The Graduate"" (1967), as Howard in ""Two for the Road"", as John Adams in"
"graduate. Seasons three and four added two regulars to the cast, as casting calls were made public through Larissa Mair Casting. On October 21, 2016, it was confirmed that the cast members in a photo executive producer Stephen Stohn posted were the ones leaving the cast at the end of season four. This includes: Eric Osborne (Miles Hollingsworth III), Ricardo Hoyos (Zig Novak), Andre Kim (Winston Chu), Ehren Kassam (Jonah Haak), Ana Golja (Zoe Rivas), Lyle Lettau (Tristan Milligan), Nikki Gould (Grace Cardinal), Olivia Scriven (Maya Matlin), Richard Walters (Tiny Bell) and Soma Bhatia (Goldi Nahir). Several recurring cast members"
"Actor, [Broadway World LA Awards]. Tim Dutton Timothy Dutton (born 1964) is a British stage, film, and television actor. Dutton's films include ""Darkness Falls"" (1999), ""The Bourne Identity"" (2002), The Infiltrator (2016) and ""The Detonator"". He starred in the movie ""Tom & Viv"" (1994) as Maurice Haigh-Wood. He grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. He read Law at Wolverhampton University and gained an LLB(Hons) before turning to acting. Dutton had a minor role in ""Soldier Soldier"" playing Donna Tucker's tutor and lover (4 episodes, 1994). He had a recurring role in the Fox television series ""Ally McBeal"" as Brian Selig, a"
"According to Brooks, late on the night before shooting began, Hoffman begged Brooks to let him out of his commitment to do the role so he could audition for the starring role in ""The Graduate."" Brooks was aware of the film, which co-starred Brooks's now-wife, Anne Bancroft, and, skeptical that Hoffman would get the role, agreed to let him audition. When Hoffman did win the role of Ben Braddock, Brooks called in Kenneth Mars as Liebkind. Mars was originally invited because Brooks envisioned him as Roger De Bris, given he played a gay psychiatrist on Broadway. Instead, Mars was interested"
"served as an officer in Actor's Equity. Walter Brooke died from emphysema in Los Angeles on August 20, 1986, aged 71. He was survived by his wife, Yvonne Brooke, and their two children, a son and a daughter. Walter Brooke Walter Brooke (born Gustav William Tweer Jr.; October 23, 1914 – August 20, 1986) was an American actor. Brooke is best known for playing Mr. McGuire in the 1967 hit film ""The Graduate"", where his character famously said ""Plastics"". Brooke was born in New York City. Brooke portrayed district attorney Frank Scanlon in the television series ""The Green Hornet"". He"
"WFBN. After high school Lavelle attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, graduating in 2004 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama. John Lavelle (actor) Johnny ""John"" Lavelle (born November 23, 1981) is an American stage, film, and television actor who is perhaps best known for his role as Benjamin Braddock in John Reid's 2002 Broadway adaptation of ""The Graduate"", where he starred opposite Lorraine Bracco. The Brooklyn native graduated from Monsignor Farrell High School in Staten Island, New York in 1999. A member of the drama club there, he starred as Danny Zuko in"
"Dustin Nguyen Dustin Nguyen (born September 17, 1962) is an American actor, director, writer, and martial artist. He is best known for his roles as Harry Truman Ioki on ""21 Jump Street"", and as Johnny Loh on ""V.I.P."" In Films, he's known for starring in ""Little Fish"", ""The Doom Generation"" and ""The Rebel"". Born as Nguyễn Xuân Trí in Saigon, South Vietnam, his mother My Le, was an actress and dancer, and his father, Xuan Phat, was an actor, comedian, writer, and producer in South Vietnam. The family left Vietnam in April 1975 as it fell to Communist Viet Cong"
"Broadway actor for decades afterwards. His Broadway credits include roles in ""1776"", ""A Thousand Clowns"", ""On a Clear Day You Can See Forever"", and ""A Little Night Music"". He received an Obie Award for ""The Zoo Story"" (1960). Daniels's motion picture debut was as a school principal in the 1963 anti-war drama film ""Ladybug Ladybug"". In 1965, he reprised his Broadway role as a child welfare worker in the screen version of ""A Thousand Clowns"". In 1967 he appeared in ""The Graduate"" as the father of Dustin Hoffman's character. In 1969, Daniels starred as John Adams in the Broadway musical"
"received the freedom of the Italian city Ascoli Piceno for being there during 1972 to shoot the movie ""Alfredo, Alfredo"" by Pietro Germi, where he played the role of Alfredo Sbisà. Dustin Hoffman received Kennedy Center Honors in 2012, with the following commendation: ""Dustin Hoffman's unyielding commitment to the wide variety of roles he plays has made him one of the most versatile and iconoclastic actors of this or any other generation"". Hoffman was successfully treated for cancer in 2013. Dustin Hoffman Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor and director. Hoffman is best known for"
"Miller, Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, and Tom Stoppard. ""Times"" arts reporter Jesse McKinley notes that Gussow's interview collections became ""staples of college drama curriculums and the libraries of gossip-loving theater fans"". In the late 1960s and in 1970 he and his wife Ann and son Ethan, actor Dustin Hoffman, and several other families lived in apartments in a townhouse at 16 West 11th Street. On March 6, 1970, the townhouse next door to theirs was destroyed by an explosion of dynamite that killed three and injured two members of the Weathermen organization. In an article written by Gussow on the"
"however, they reconciled and became inseparable best friends. After graduating from Columbia University and NYU School of Law, he started working for a successful law firm on track to make partner, but decided to quit and start his own practice. His practice folds in the show's second season after his main client Harlin Polk (Gary Grubbs) fires him, and he begins working for the law firm Doucette & Stein (Doucette played by Gregory Hines and Stein played by Gene Wilder), where he remains until the end of the seventh season, when he quits to do something more meaningful with his"
"disciplined and Dustin is very improvisational, all over the place with his lines. I didn't know where it would end up, but Sean met Dustin improvisation for improvisation, and a great deal of richness and humor came out of it."" In 1991, Hoffman voiced substitute teacher Mr. Bergstrom in ""The Simpsons"" episode ""Lisa's Substitute"", under the pseudonym Sam Etic. As a reference to this episode, during the Itchy & Scratchy movie, Lisa claims that Dustin Hoffman had a cameo in that movie but didn't use his real name. Throughout the 1990s, Hoffman appeared in many large, studio films, such as"
"Tim Dutton Timothy Dutton (born 1964) is a British stage, film, and television actor. Dutton's films include ""Darkness Falls"" (1999), ""The Bourne Identity"" (2002), The Infiltrator (2016) and ""The Detonator"". He starred in the movie ""Tom & Viv"" (1994) as Maurice Haigh-Wood. He grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. He read Law at Wolverhampton University and gained an LLB(Hons) before turning to acting. Dutton had a minor role in ""Soldier Soldier"" playing Donna Tucker's tutor and lover (4 episodes, 1994). He had a recurring role in the Fox television series ""Ally McBeal"" as Brian Selig, a love interest of the title"